Photo Editing Monitor

I am in the process of ordering a 32" 4k monitor for my photo editing. so far i have narrowed it down to BenQ sw320 4k and Dell up3216q. I am also in the process of buying a laptop Dell XPS 15 with 4k touch with i7 processor 32 gb ram and either 512 or 1TB nvme drive. I am wondering if I use of of the above mentioned monitors with the Dell laptop, will it degrade the quality or colours? Any advise, suggestion or feedback will be greatly appreciated.

What color space do you want? Check each monitor spec to see what percentage they are compliant to sRGB and AdobeRGB. Can be easier to do color editing of raw images shot in ProPhoto or AdobeRGB with a monitor calibrated to high compliance of AdobeRGB.

Thank you both for your input. I was considering getting the xrite calibration tool as I have heard great feedback for it. I would like 100%srgb and 100% Adobe rgb which I believe both monitors offer. I will be using for photoshop and other software and I need the colours to match as I will be printing quite a lot. Eizo is too expensive for me right now.

Also - be aware that there are plenty of applications and plug-in interfaces that assume sRGB or have no color management and these applications will display super saturated images, etc. on your wide(r) gamut display.

kirkt wrote in post #18751818Also - be aware that there are plenty of applications and plug-in interfaces that assume sRGB or have no color management and these applications will display super saturated images, etc. on your wide(r) gamut display.

kirk

Dell seem to have that issue covered for their wide gamut monitors. I have a UP2715K and use the Dell monitor management software to dynamically switch colour profile on a per program basis. So I can have 99% AdobeRGB while using Lr/Ps, but as soon as I switch to a chrome browser I can have the monitor switch to 100% sRGB instead. I know that browsers are mostly colour managed these days, but so many images online are sRGB but without colour management data that defaulting to sRGB isn't really a loss.

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GB-R LED backlight consumes 37% less power than a comparable CCFL backlight99.3% coverage of AdobeRGB color spaceSuperior screen performance (1000:1 contrast ratio, 2560x1440 native resolution, 340cd/m2 brightness)14-bit 3D internal programmable lookup tables (LUTs) for calibrationPicture in Picture and Picture by Picture modes increase productivity by displaying two sources simultaneouslyMultiProfiler™ software provides complete control over the five picture modes, including the loading of any ICC profile directly into the monitor for optimal color space matchingDisplaySync ProTM controls two computers with only one keyboard and mouseWide connectivity includes both regular and Mini DisplayPort with 10-bit support, 10-bit HDMI, a DVI-D input as well as a USB hubDisplayPort cable compatibility noticeNaViSet Administrator 2: Free software solution that greatly eases administration and management of larger display device installations

Fron what incan understand the difference between the two models is 3 inches as mostly everything is the same? $700 extra for only 3" real estate doesnt justify the cost. I am still wondering if benq sw320 is a better offer compared to nec. I am really considering NEC and thinking of pulling the trigger on it this week.

You are welcome. Personally today I'd go with the 27, but I currently have the previous generation's 30 inch, which is 16 x 10 rather than 16 x 9. It's totally trouble free, and as far as I can see, about as accurate as they come, although it takes 20 minutes to warm up.

But Craigslist is your friend. Be aware that there are a lot of folks out there that over-buy when they get into post processing, and then this kind of stuff just sits around when they get tired of not knowing what they are doing. I was able to buy my monitor and an Epson 3880 together for 800 bucks. They were both still in the box.

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